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Posted 877 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight
Thanks to community leader Lisa Read for sharing the key information about the Sheffield Coaching Exchange group that she runs.
Posted 884 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight
Many thanks to Claire Cahill for sharing the key information about the Derbyshire coaching group and what it is that makes them unique.
Posted 891 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight, Coaching Articles
Thanks to community leader Deepti Goyal for sharing the key information about the group that she runs.
Posted 898 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight
Chris Grady shares with us his story of the highs and lows of becoming a professional coach.
Posted 905 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight, Coaching Articles
Strengthening your Awareness, Engagement and Performance. Jasper Walshe shares with us his niche of being a strengths coach and some areas where this can be applied.
Posted 912 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight
Marcus Barber shares with us his story of discovering coaching and then becoming a professional coach.
Posted 954 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight
Thanks to community leader David Wise for sharing the key information about the group that he runs in Bristol.
Posted 982 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight
Claire Griffin shares with us her story of becoming a professional coach.
Posted 996 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight
I came to coaching at a time when I was very disillusioned with my career. Read how coaching helped Maria Kelly and now how she is helping others.
Posted 1003 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight
I have been a Managing Director for a Medical Company for 9 years and it became very apparent that management styles were changing.
Posted 1010 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight
Matthew has kindly shared his story of how he discovered coaching and his journey to qualifying.
Posted 1073 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight
We love to share the success stories of our coaches and the journey they have taken. Isabel has taken time out of her business diary to share her story: My Path to the Future - How I Created My Coaching Business.
Posted 1087 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight
We do like shining the spotlight on our coaches here at The Coaching Academy and nothing pleases us more than hearing about all of your success stories and sharing this with our networks. Victoria Hockley has taken time out of her busy schedule to share her story with us.
Posted 1129 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight
Ever wondered how long it takes to complete every single one of The Coaching Academy's training programmes? That's over 40 days of live training, over 70 coaching sessions, 6 Practical Assessments, 5 Final Assessment Papers, and an NLP Viva.
Posted 1178 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight
We love to celebrate the success of our qualified coaches here at The Coaching Academy and share your stories with our networks. Today we are celebrating the success of Christopher Catt, who is making a real difference in his niche by combining his expertise and experience and coaching practices in his coaching business!
Posted 1185 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight
We do like shining the spotlight on our coaches here at The Coaching Academy and nothing pleases us more than hearing about all of your success stories and sharing this with our networks. Not just a successful executive coach, Julie Hickton is director of her own limited company, and has successfully published her first book "The Tree of Resilience".
Posted 1206 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight
Katy Coulson shares her success story, where she is now and her top tips for fellow Coaching Academy students and qualified coaches moving forward.
Posted 1212 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight
Deciding to go ahead with the programme was a big decision both in terms of the money and also pushing myself outside of my comfort zone but at the same time, I wasn't happy with my situation and I knew I wanted to make big changes. So, I relied on my instinct and the gut feeling that it was the right thing to do.
Posted 1220 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight
In late 2012, I decide to take a break from my previous career but wasn't quite sure where I wanted to end up. After a few months of just enjoying freedom from the 9 - 5 (or the 7:30 - 6 in my case) I needed to make some decisions.
Posted 1227 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight
2013 was my year of jubilee I celebrated by becoming a personal performance coach and NLP practitioner, doing a zip wire over the river Wear, scuba diving, starting a new business and speaking at an international conference in Delhi. I have enjoyed every minute of my 50th year and I have gone from redundancy to abundance with the help of The Coaching Academy and my fellow coaches.
Posted 1248 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight
Ann Carver is a Wealth and Personal Success Coach with a story well worth reading. Ann came to coaching and found her niche following an accumilation of debt, family loss and emotional spending. Read her story here...
Posted 1255 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight, Coaching Academy News, Success Stories
This is a Coach In The Spotlight Special as we are very excited to be welcoming a new member of our Qualifications Team to The Coaching Academy. Meet Nikki Streatfield who joined us last month as a Coach Assessor. Read on to find out more and if you're lucky enough you'll get to speak to Nikki soon on your next practical assessment.
Posted 1311 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight, In The Spotlight
Following my father's death a friend suggested that I speak with her mum who is a life coach. My first reaction was "gosh I must appear unstable" and my second was of excitement and enthusiasm as I have always looked upon life coaching as an LA celebrity's commodity.
Posted 1339 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight, In The Spotlight
As the end of another year approaches, so begins my reflection on all of the amazing things that have happened in 2013. Who would have thought that a decision taken on July 6th 2012 to enroll would be a game-changer of a step towards where I am today!
Posted 1345 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight, In The Spotlight
Our latest Coach In The Spotlight is drummer Boyd Hayward. His first experience of coaching was when he hired one for himself and loved the experience. After attending our 2 day certificate course he knew that coaching was a career avenue to be explored!
Posted 1353 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight, Coaching Articles, Success Stories
I came to coaching at a time of major change in my life. I worked in social housing for over 20 years... In March 2011, I suffered a stroke which left me without feeling on my entire left side and it took me three months to learn to walk unaided again.
Posted 1367 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight
From a medical background as a therapy radiographer to the buzz and busyness of working through her coaching diplomas; Andrea Chapman shares her journey to becoming a coach and has a very interesting niche! As a single mum of twin boys, here's how Andrea handled the experience.
Posted 1374 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight, In The Spotlight
Nicky Raby shares her coaching journey with us and discusses exactly how the power of goal setting has helped to keep her on track and in line for success! Read her story here...
Posted 1381 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight, In The Spotlight
Our latest Coach In The Spotlight is Anne Lewis, who shares her journey towards living the life she has always wanted. In Anne's own words she had been "hiding away" from life until she embarked on her coaching journey and things started to change for her.
Posted 1388 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight, Coaching Articles, In The Spotlight
This is a very touching Coach In The Spotlight from Jennie Lockley. Having been a registered nurse since 1980, she always had a passion for encouraging and building confidence in people. Having joined The Coaching Academy with a master plan to qualify quickly Jennie really did have to face some challenges head on. What a journey, thank you for sharing!
Posted 1416 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight, Success Stories
It's time to shine our spotlight on another coach success story! Nothing pleases us more than when our coaches get in touch to share their news. So, when graduate from 2002, Annie Ashdown contacted us to let us know about her 2nd book, we were keen to find out what else she's been up to for the past decade...
Posted 1423 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight, Success Stories
It seems a little odd to be writing something about success when I feel like I'm only at the beginning of my coaching life - but perhaps there's something in there about celebrating the small steps forward towards our dreams... hmmm, those sound like coaching words to me!
Posted 1437 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight
Hi, my name is Simone Vincenzi and I can finally say that I am a qualified Coach with The Coaching Academy. I received my diploma in Personal Performance Coaching a couple of weeks ago. What a relief and in particular... What a journey!! Here's my story...
Posted 1444 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight
What brings our coaches to the world of coaching and what becomes of them after they've officially graduated and become a professional qualified coach? These are some of the questions answered in our regular Coach In The Spotlight story and here's Christene Burgess for you.
Posted 1450 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight, Coaching Articles
If you've ever wondered what it is like to be a student of The Coaching Academy, training to be a Professional Coach, then this blog post is for you! We do love a trainee coach with gusto so when student Claudia Brown, Coach in Training, proposed an article providing a first-hand account for what it's like to be a Coach in training we jumped at the chance.
Posted 1486 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight, In The Spotlight
We do like shining the spotlight on our coaches here at The Coaching Academy and nothing pleases us more than hearing about all of your success stories and sharing this with our networks. Not just a successful coach but also a trainer for The Coaching Academy, Lorraine Thomas has been making waves in the parent coaching arena and was featured in this month's Prima Baby.
Posted 1493 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight
Recently back from Russia having provided some corporate and individual coaching in Novosibirsk, we caught up with Marina Kogan to find out a bit more about her life as a Coach and feature her as our next Coach in the Spotlight. To find out more, read on...
Posted 1500 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight, Success Stories
We are delighted to feature not just one coach in the spotlight but two highly experienced coaches, Karen Jones and Joanne Spencer. Together they run two highly successful businesses, work as a job share and still manage to find time to create a great work-life balance. To find out how they do it, read their Spotlight feature here...
Posted 1505 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight, Success Stories, Trainer in the Spotlight
Merete will hopefully be a familiar face and voice to a lot of you. She's done an incredible amount for us here at The Coaching Academy and has worn many hats during her years with us. As a qualified Coach and NLP Practitioner with her own business she works with small business owners and young people who are making major life choices. Find out more about Merete here.
Posted 1514 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight, Success Stories
Paul Knee is our latest Coach in the Spotlight with a very interesting story. Paul says, "for me the most interesting development since becoming a coach was how much 'un-learning' I had to do and then how much re-learning i had to do around self-awareness". Read his story here...
Posted 1521 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight
My first contact with coaching goes back to 2002 during my first working experience in UK. At the time I was too young and I was advised to gain further life experience to get the most of the training and this is what I did for the next 10 years.
